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  1. Re:So what? on Senate GOP Launches Inquiry Into Facebook's News Curation (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    If everyone is hungry and there's no way for them to get food then breadlines are a measure of success, no?

  2. Re:So what? on Senate GOP Launches Inquiry Into Facebook's News Curation (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    What are they, supposedly, advertising falsely? (I really don't know - I can't think of anything but I've never actually been to a Facebook site/page/thing before.)

    I've read what has been claimed and I've read a bunch of comments. I'm not so sure they're advertising, in the commercial sense, anything with this?

  3. Re:Easy on Seattle Seventh Grader Wins National Math Bee (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    *cough*

  4. Re:Go MathCounts! on Seattle Seventh Grader Wins National Math Bee (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    My son's shagging a very cute native Peruvian. *sighs* The daughter finished med school so she's done well. The boy child? Well... He's not hurting anyone, there's that.

  5. Re:And it couldn't have been a kid named.... on Seattle Seventh Grader Wins National Math Bee (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    That one can actually spell.

  6. Re:How is this any different than a Slashdot Poll? on Swarm AI Correctly Predicts Kentucky Derby Superfecta, Turns $20 Into $11,000 (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Cowboy Neal is not, inasmuch as I am aware, a race horse.

  7. Re:The most amazing IN YOUR FACE ever... on Swarm AI Correctly Predicts Kentucky Derby Superfecta, Turns $20 Into $11,000 (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Note their username, the subject, and the totality of their posts - all in this thread. It's transparent. I'm going to assume that BIZX is not in on it. Yeah, I might be naive with that one but I'm going to hope for the best. *sighs*

  8. Re:Even a broken clock is right twice a day on Swarm AI Correctly Predicts Kentucky Derby Superfecta, Turns $20 Into $11,000 (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Or if it's a digital clock.

    Which is why I prefer, "Even a blind dog finds a bone once in a while." Though, I've heard some variations, such as, "Even a blind man hits the hole once in a while."

  9. Re:Reading between the lines on Swarm AI Correctly Predicts Kentucky Derby Superfecta, Turns $20 Into $11,000 (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Umm... You know, 'unanimous' is a word, right? It means everyone's in agreement.

  10. Re:Reading between the lines on Swarm AI Correctly Predicts Kentucky Derby Superfecta, Turns $20 Into $11,000 (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    There seems to be a real lack of mathematics skills in this thread. Maybe if you stated it, again, while trying to make it less a word problem - they'll finally get it?

    What really baffles me was the reply to you that insinuated the odds makers were off. Umm... Why no, no they were not off. They were exactly right, from the looks of things.

    I did own an office right across a giant parking lot from an off-track betting place. I spent a lot of time studying, shall we say, the horses. I actually did rather well and am one of the few people who can honestly say that they came out ahead.

  11. Re:Employees are now training their replacements. on Newspaper Chain CEO 'Pleased' To Announce IT Plan, Then Fires Tech Staff (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll take the low hanging fruit, I'm not proud. ;-)

  12. Re: No surprise on Prisons Moving To All-Video Visitation (mic.com) · · Score: 1

    It's in the contract, it's legal. I'm going to make America great again!

  13. Re:Employees are now training their replacements. on Newspaper Chain CEO 'Pleased' To Announce IT Plan, Then Fires Tech Staff (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    That's shitty. Did you keep your stuff? You can't just leave me hanging like that. Details, man! Details!

  14. Re: Hmmm.... What to believe? on Twitter Blocks Feds From Data Mining Service (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I doubt it ever really did. I'm pretty old and the lies seem to be fewer now than they were when I was younger. I'm mixed racially and lived in the American South East at first. I was born in 57.

  15. I'm so not gonna opine on that. ;-) I'm just gonna point out that that's how I understood it.

    I will say that, in principle, I'm very fond of the idea of unions.

  16. LOL I tried not to sound that way - I knew it would but it's not meant to be. Broad strokes miss the fine details. I could think of no better way to express it. ;-)

  17. Re:Library Purges on Uganda, Where a Book Can Cost a Month's Salary (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking post will be a bit for a whole shipping container's worth. Someone's sent me an email so we'll see what comes of it. I can just throw a few bucks at it - I don't have time to do much more than that.

  18. Re:Library Purges on Uganda, Where a Book Can Cost a Month's Salary (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Good idea! I'd only be paying to ship a container. I've not got time to deal with the rest of that. As much as I'd like to, I've previous commitments coming up. I'm getting ready to head back to Maine as I'm not getting permission to go to Cuba. That was a hope and why I stayed here this long. (I already bought a ton of USB drives so that I could leave on a moment's notice.)

  19. Re:Simple question on FDA To Regulate E-Cigarettes Like Tobacco (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes it can. LOL I actually did it with mixed down stuff though I'm told the 98% stuff will screw you right up. But no, as I recall, I'd mixed mine down to be at 36 (still strong) mg strength - I think. I've always worn gloves and a shield when working with the higher stuff. It's yet another hobby gone by. I've got some neat stuff from it though. I still have a bunch of custom "box mods" and all that. Good times.

  20. Re:Invincible Tesla on Tesla's Inherent Safety Saves Five Joyriding Teenagers In Germany (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I have seen that video. Also, the Camaro that hits the concrete that is a barrier before the toll booth. I've always been amazed at the luck - in both cases the car was pretty much gone. The Camaro actually launched into the air high enough to hit the overhead barrier (or was it a bridge?) and the dude walked away. Well, he was accompanied by some men in blue and wearing new silver jewelry.

  21. I won't claim any expertise but I'm very much an automotive aficionado and have been in/around automobiles (as a profession and then as a collection/hobby - though I do, sort-of, rally race and take part in some track days but I'm just am amateur) since the mid 1970s.

    I like Tesla. I own a fair amount of shares in the company. I have my name on the waiting list - complete with deposit, for a Tesla.

    That said, looking at all the pictures, I'm really not as impressed as I think they expect me to be. In fact, I just deleted a wall of text as I'm not home to provide pictures but I will be home to gather a few up soon. I'm headed back home this weekend or the start of next week. (I've done some amateur rally racing. It's fun.)

    But no... I'm not nearly as impressed as I think they are.

  22. Check some pics of Volvos after an accident. They are setup so that things like the entire nose can be knocked completely off - which means (for many models) they've designed the drive train to accommodate that. Things like that is why they're so expensive to insure. Not because you're likely to get hurt but because an accident will likely result in a totaled vehicle. It is designed to do so at the expense of protecting the passengers.

  23. Not at 80 MPH it doesn't.

  24. Re:Sales type 4: talk to the customer's fears on Tesla's Inherent Safety Saves Five Joyriding Teenagers In Germany (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    See the Subaru. The "boxer" engine is designed to do just that. Other manufacturers do the same thing. I'm too lazy to find you a video but you can check out this one (of many) pages found by simply asking Google:
    http://www.subaruofkeene.com/s...

  25. When, and if, they follow the scientific method.